For months, I convinced myself I needed a dedicated data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/e-readers/boox-note-max-review” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/e-readers/boox-note-max-review”>e-paper tablet. You know the ones, they are sleek tablets such as data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/e-readers/kindle-scribe-2025-review” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/e-readers/kindle-scribe-2025-review”>Kindle Scribe ($499) or data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/remarkable-2-review” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/remarkable-2-review”>Remarkable ($279), designed to feel like paper, promising distraction-free writing, cloud syncing and the holy grail: handwritten notes that turn into clean, editable text.
As someone who prefers to physically write (that hand-to-brain connection is important to me) I figured this was the only way to go. But the price tags usually land somewhere between…
